Funding Opportunities

The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) is committed to facilitating innovative, cutting-edge technologies and research endeavors across the basic, translational, clinical, and population science continuum. The HICCC offers several funding and training opportunities throughout the year to advance researchers’ understanding of the complex biology of cancer and to provide capacity building support to apply that knowledge into new treatments and therapies. Our rigorous training programs and awards give early career researchers the opportunity to build profound relationships across CUIMC and the global cancer research network. We provide several support and career development opportunities for trainees as they build their research career and apply for larger grants.

Pilot Awards and Education & Training Programs

Explore our Pilot Awards and Education and Training Programs below or download the full list here.  Participation by individuals from underrepresented groups is strongly encouraged in all funding mechanisms.

Early Career Development & Pilot Awards

Pilot and educational development awards offered to provide support to early career investigators and trainees developing careers in cancer research at Columbia across the basic, translational, clinical and population science continuum.

Collaborative Pilot Programs

Pilot projects that promote pre-clinical/clinical concepts and team science, support the planning of multi-investigator grants and foster collaboration across Columbia through transdisciplinary cancer research projects.

Therapeutic Development & Accelerator Pilot Awards

Pilot projects to accelerate the development of critical scientific discoveries into new approached for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers through therapeutics.

Stay Up to Date on Funding Announcements

The HICCC weekly funding announcement and newsletter updates also provide updates and information on these and other programs. Sign up for our newsletter here. 

Pivot, a funding opportunity database to search and receive targeted emails of relevant funding opportunities, can be used to access a complete listing of external funding opportunities. To learn more about Pivot, visit Columbia Research to create an account. For help, email Pivot-Help@columbia.edu.​​​​​